Beater-blade for flour bolting and dressing machines.



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Brianna-nanna non' rnennfnonrlite ann DRESSING/MACHINES.

l o aZ @nimm t may concern:

Ee it known that I, LUGIUSIAFREEMAN man, a citizen. of the United States, residg at Greensboro, in the county ofV Daviess and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful improvements in BeaterfBlades for Fiour Bolting and Dressing Machines,

of. which the following is al, specification.r

l blades of centrifugall dressers or bolting -The present invention relates to flour mills, and more particularly to the beater reels, and l,has for'its object to provide a blade which will edectively breakup and disintegrate the stock as it is fed to the bolting reels from 'thebreak and reducing rolls, Y and which additionally will bolt and deliveras a finished product the flour from the reduped stock. t 1n order that the invention may be clearly l. understood -by those skilled in the art, Ihave shown in the accompanying drawings one embodiment of my invention, vand in said r drawings-Figure 1 is a view of somuch of 'aI/mill and bolting reel as isf/essential .to an v1understanding of my invention, parts of the structure being shown in section to illustrate my invention.

Tof a' beater blade Vconstructed in accordance i? ig. Z- is a detail edge view with my invention, this blade 'being designed particularly foruse on the stock as it comes from therbreak rolls.

Fig. -3 is a detail side s view'of the blade shown in Fig. 2.. Fig. 4 is al detail edge view of a beater blade formedl *of independent sections and having teeth all) -which dider slightly from the forms shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 is a detail side view ofthe blade shown in Fig. 4.' ri i Referring to the drawings by numbers, like numbers indicating likefparts in the several' views, 13 denotes a bolting vreel which may be of the ordinary type.

Mounted 'in suitable bearing within the volving dresser.

T11-,is essential to a rapid andv e'icientSept Spcieatien of Letters Patent.

-he beating. or agitating action" 'of the re@ eration of the flour, and its delivery as a' finished product through the bolting cloth of the' reel, that the stock be entirely broken up at its initial entrance into'the-reel, in order that the maximum amount of, Hour may be driven through-the bolting fabric, and delivered to the ecnveyers which carry the finished product from the mill.

In order that. a sufficient and proper agitation of the flour ,may be secured I have provided 'the beater blade, which forms the Patented Aug. 1%',1915. y application niet' Marchi, 1915. serial narrare.' l i subjectof this case, and in which there is 1 provided a stock opening or agitating sectionjand a bolting section, sothat preliminarily the stock'is subjected to an opening or agitating-action which will so break it up as that it will be delivered to the bolting l section of the dresser in the very best condition for securing a maximum production of flour. l

The beater blade which I have invented, andwhich is designated by 16 is preferably made of metal'of the desired width and thickness to withstand the stress placedupon it, the said blade 16 at one end, namely, that end adjacent the receiving or inlet mouth 'of the bolting reel, being formed with a se` ries of long narrow fingers 17 which are in alinement with `one another, and separated by slots -18 and slightlyangled. y

The beater. blade as thus constructed has a purely agita-ting and breaking-up action on the stock, the slotted formation vof this seci tion of the blade tending to thoroughly agitate and comminute the stock so that there will be no massed or laked fragments which. will pass to the bolting section.'

The agitating or breaking upisection of the dresser -is relatively short compared to the entire length of the reel, and the remainder of the bladel'is formed in such manner vas to throw the thoroughly agitated stock against the bolting cloth and bolt out The relatively short, angled blades 19 will A have theei'ect of throwing the stock een-- triingally against the bolting cloth, through which the flour will be delivered in finished il@ condition, and at tne same time the stock will be gradually workedj :forwardr to the tailing' end of the reel. j f In Figs. 4px and 5 I have shown a'beate'r blade which may be very successfully usedl in a centrifugal dresser, which receives stock from the reduction rolls,l and it will be observed that this blade differs .from the blade'heretofore described, 4in that itis .I

formed ,of independent sections or blades 20 and 21, and that while the agitating section 21 is provided with ,teeth of the same form as the corresponding portion of the blade shown in the otherfigures, and heretofore described, the bolting section 20 differs slightly in that it is'made up of a series ofl slightly offset blades 22 which instead of being separated by pronounced slots are merely slitted one from the` other, and slightly turned 'so that their action is very effective on stock which is cleaned, and

n which has passed through `the first' and second reduction rolls, and a rapid bolting of the stock is secured. l

p The independent blades 20 and 21 may be larranged either in alin'ement with one an-l other, or they may be angularly-'offset from I dressing blade section having lshort fingers -of greater width than thefingers' of theagi one another as shown in Fig. 4, so that the action of the,` one will be slightly in advanceof the other. l. p

It has beenfound that bythe use of beater bladesconstructed in accordance with `my 'invention a higher percentage of flour may be extracted from the stock by Ireason of the initial and thorough breaking up of the stock under the action of the agitating section of the blade, so that when deliveredtating section to dress out the iiour. y

2. Beater instrumentalities for bolting reels, comprising 4an agitating blade section 'having long narrowingers angularly disposed with respect to the 'blade body, to agitate and feed the stock forward; and a dresslng blade section having short fingers `of greater width than the fingers of said agitating section angularly disposed .with

respectfto the blade body, yto dress out the flour and feedthe stock through the reel.;

Beate'r. instrurnentalitiesforbolting reels, comprising an agitating blade-section havinglong narrow fingers spaced` from oneV another and disposed at a slight angle to the blade body, to agitate and feed the stock forward slowly; and a dressing blade section ,having short wide fingers spaced from one another and disposed 'at a greater anglel to the blade body than the agitating fingers, todress out the flour and feed the stock through the reel at a relatively faster feed than the agitating' fingers. l l

4,' :beater blade for bolting lreels having its working edge'at the inlet end of the reel formed into long narrow fingers to thoroughlyvagitate the stock as it enters the reel, the other portion o f said working edge having formed therein a series of short wide fingersto dress out the flour.

5. A beater blade for bolting reelsfhaving its working edge at the inlet end of the reel formed into long narrow angularly disposed ngers tol thoroughly agitate and feed thel stock as it enters the reel, the other portion of said working edge having formed therein a series of short, wide, angularly disposed fingers to dress out the flour and feed the stock through the reel.

6. 'A beater blade for bolting reels formed series of long, narrow fingers spaced-fromv -one `another and being slightly angled relaltive to th'ebody of the bladeA to agitate the stock as. itfenters the reels, the rest of the bladev being provided with short, wide fingers spaced from one another and set at of a thin metal plate having at one end a a greater angle relative to thev body of the blade than the agitating fingers to dress out the flour andl feed the material through the reel. v i Y.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

V'Lucius lFREEMAN LrrrLn Witnesses: t

v GERTRUDE M. STUQKER,

C. H. FESLER. 

